Alabama Coach Nick Saban paces during the Crimson Tide's 14th 2013 Season Spring football practice, the final standard practice of Spring, with only A-Day remaining this weekend, Thursday, April 18, 2013, at the Thomas-Drew Practice Facility in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Vasha Hunt/vhunt@al.com)

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- Potential starters on both sides of the ball are sidelined with a variety of injuries, but that won't stop Alabama from carrying out its typical, ones-versus-ones format at Saturday's A-Day game.

"We
have a first-team offense on one team and the second-team defense with
them," Alabama coach Nick Saban said after Thursday's practice. "And then we have the first-team defense on another team and the
second-team offense together on a team. So the ones play against the
ones and the twos play against the twos.

"We're really looking forward to Saturday even though we're going to have some guys who will not be able to participate."

Saban
said that all of the injured players are anticipated to be ready for
fall camp, including Dickson, who could soon have surgery. Dickson, who
had 33 tackles last season, did not participate in last week's scrimmage
but had been active at practice this week.

Mosley, Alabama's team MVP in 2012, will "do some things" at A-Day, Saban said.

"We may leave a black jersey on him," Saban said. "Mark Barron played in a spring game in a black jersey a few years ago."

With the clock running non-stop throughout most of the game, there aren't enough plays in it to give equal playing time for the numerous quarterbacks competing for the backup job behind AJ McCarron, Saban said. McCarron (White) and junior Blake Sims (Crimson) will definitely play, he said. Luke Del Rio, Cooper Bateman, Alec Morris and Edward Aldag are all members of the Crimson team while Parker McLeod and Phillip Ely are with McCarron on the White team.

"We're not going to be able to get the kind of look at these guys we'd
like to," Saban said. "But we can't get a look at those guys at the expense of the
rest of our team."

The stakes of the game haven't changed either, as the winning team will eat a steak dinner Monday. The losers get to watch while they chow down on hot dogs and baked beans.

Saban jokingly chided reporters who previously served as media coaches for the losing team, but did not show up for the meal.

"Everybody comes to eat the steak," Saban said. "I don't want to say y'all are
front-runners or anything like that, but I mean, you guys work as a team
through thick and thin."

At the end of his opening statement Thursday, Saban encouraged Alabama fans to pack Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday like they have in previous years. A crowd of 78,526 watched last year's game.

ESPN2 will carry the live broadcast, which begins at 2 p.m.

"We have a lot of good recruits here even though it's on TV and ESPN and
all that stuff," Saban said. "I think the players really appreciate the support. I
think the message that gets sent by the great support that our team gets
is something that has helped us be successful here, in terms of the kind
of players we're able to recruit because they love being apart of this,
they expect to see the best when they come to Alabama.

"I think we
should have the best crowd, we should have the best enthusiasm, we
should have the best support for our team. I think everyone here, our
players that are here, our coaches that are here, should all feel that."